Showing posts with label RSR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RSR. Show all posts

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Martini Racing Porsche Carrera RSR - Watkins Glen 1974


Prismacolor pencils on black stock 9"x 6" � Paul Chenard 
Private Collection

Victory Lane magazine is featuring my illustration in their "Holiday Gift Ideas" section of their October issue.
Limited edition of 50 (11.5" x 9"),
numbered and signed premium archival Giclee prints
$65 plus shipping/handling.
The original of this sketch is sold; please contact me if you are interested in other pieces of my original art.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Herbert M�ller - 1973 Targa Florio

Pen & ink and Prismacolor pencils on grey archival stock � Paul Chenard 2008

Swiss race driver Herbert M�ller found some successes in long distance racing in the Ford GT40, the Ferrari 512 M, and a variety of Porsches.

In 1966, teamed up with Willy Mairesse in a Porsche 906 Carrera 6, he won the Targa Florio. He came in 2nd at Le Mans in both 1971 and 1974, and in 1973, teamed up with Gijs van Lennep, he again won the Targa Florio driving a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR.

Sadly, this popular racer lost his life in a fiery crash on the 24th of May, 1981 of Porsche 908 Spyder he was piloting at the 1000 km of the N�rburgring.
Limited edition of 25 (11.5" x 22"),
numbered and signed premium archival Giclee prints
$150 plus shipping/handling.